NIS on NT?

[Roeland M.J. Meyer]

At 02:19 AM 8/19/97 +1000, Luke Leighton wrote:
>i noticed the post about WinDD / NTrigue using NIS.  i know that mr 
>nigel williams has ported FreeBSD NIS client code to win32, for use in 
>NISGINA.
>
>is there any further work planned on the rest of FreeBSD code, porting 
>the nis server side to win32?  does anyone know of a NIS server 
>product for NT? if so, does it integrate with the WINS manager at all? 

IMHO, If we have NIS servers on Unix then WinNT only needs the client. I
don't know of a single large net that does not have a Unix box hiding
somewhere. I've looked at the ypserv from NL (I'm running it) but I have
trouble finding Unix+shadowpasswd NIS clients, even under Unix. 

BTW, I wouldn't mind smbpasswd sharing, under NIS, with SSH.

> does microsoft have any plans to support NIS / NIS+?

I've been looking too. AFAIK, the last thing MS wants is NIS clients oin
Win*. They've purposely built a different network management architectiure
in order to lock-in market share. NIS compatibility will blow this strategy
right out of the water. Remember, the Gator wants to chew and swallow the
Unix server market now that he owns the desk-top. Proprietary PDC
functionality is critical to this.

I may be wrong, but I only see this happening under extreme duress.
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Roeland M.J. Meyer (RM993)                                  
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